vIndianz.com (30 Nov, 2009) — India has stopped up work on a road in Leh subsequent to the objections raised by the Chinese Army. Nearly half of the 8-km long road had by now been constructed under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) prior to the work was stopped.
Although the road is in Demchok area of south-east Leh of Ladakh and well within the Indian side on the Line of Actual Control but objections by the Chinese Army enforced the Jammu and Kashmir government to discontinue work on the development.
“This road is especially much below our territory. Indo-Tibetan Border Police is too conscious of the road. Local residents are disappointed with Chinese army coming to our region,” said Chief Executive Councillor of the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council Chering Dorjay told CNN-IBN.
Demchok is the final populated region on the Line of Actual Control. The road was being constructed to perk up connectivity in the region and to offer employment to local residents. China has a related road on the other side to which India did not point.
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